Taken on a boat ride in Vietnam's Halong Bay. There are over 3000 islands rising from the beautiful green waters over an area of 1500 square kilometers. The mountain-like formations in the distance are made of limestone and many are hallowed out allowing for cave exploration.
The boats and junks sail peacefully over these waters just as they did over 100 years ago. I felt as if I was transported back in time on this glorious day...so I tried capturing this old feel with this picture of the bay and boat lead by the wooden dragon at its head.

this is currently on my top 10 list of places to visit. do you know the legend of the dragon and the jewels that goes with the islands? i can't quite remember, but this is a beautiful capture of the bay.

great pic, reminds me of a trip to the beach I had recently. Although I hope you don't mind but I think its not proper to use brown colors in a cool setting. Its makes the the place look warm and dry. Anyway these are just my opnions so feel free to disregard them. Overall I love your picture, the clarity is great (what type of film do you use by the way).

I wanna go there .... that is the most beautiful enchanting place I have ever seen in my life... I would never leave I guess I am just drawn to things that have mystery about them THANK YOU TAKING THIS!!!!!

oh man, that my favorite place in my country, and that is the only place that I m very proud of my country. "Ha Long Bay" meaning "Dragon Bay" According to our legend, our ancestors was created in that area, then migrated to different location, which created the Noth and the South today, and I hated the North Viet-Nam, they are nothing but full of Communist, but the north also contains the most beautiful nature landscape of our country. By the way good shot.

Good work on composing this. I just think that poll on the far far left can is distracting. Maybe if you cropped that out to create more of a "triangle" feel between that dragon head, and the two main islands in the background.

I just cannot imagine how splendid this would look in person.
I have been very interested on the oriental cultures since I was at elementary school... and your photography helps me to contemplate the places I love.
Thank you very much for sharing them with me.

OMG! InstaFav!
Beautiful photo, this makes me so homesick
I gotta get down to HaLong bay with my camera next time I'm home.
Don't think I can ever produce such a great photo though.
Great work, as always.

Truly wonderfull. The three rock fades give a strong sense of yearning. The angle you chose to include the dragon head and just a sliver of the sail pole(or whatever that is)was a very good choice. The colours you chose to represent an older photo are cool, but you might try further photo editing to make it look more antique, the photos from those days weren't so clear. The way this is I really yearn to see the beautfiful green seas you described. Very beautiful.